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SOF | OVERSEAS BAG 2021
could only manage a junior Stradbroke
tie!).” In June 2021 Neville reported that
he had managed to get an obituary for
Peter Bailey into The Weekend Australian.
Bob Munro (R56-60) sent a Christmas
message and wished all the best in finding
a replacement.
Rick Mutimer (S67-76) had forgotten his
login details at the end of 2020 and said
Tassie had managed to avoid a second
Covid wave but, as the internal borders
open up around Australia, people are a
little nervous of a repeat of the situation
that occurred in Victoria.
Simon Narroway (G72-75) was our
best man in 1980 and, to mark our 40th
wedding anniversary, I got in touch with
him in June 2020. His news was that he
did not expect to work from an office or
Remembrance Service the previous night
wear his suit ever again following Covid.
and had found it most stirring.
He planned to stop most work July 2021
on his 65th birthday.
In January 2021, I was trying to identify
whether Ian Denys Peek (R35-38) was
Chris Shaw (K50-56) is my most frequent
still alive and due to soon celebrate his
corresponder and I’m very grateful to
centenary. Chris got onto the case in a
him for that. He is also an excellent
flash and reported back that he had sadly
author. Back in August 2020, his next
died. Chris also added that he had also
book, Counterpunch, was published on
experienced a small cyclone: “It was
his wedding anniversary – the 17th. We
offshore and so small that we didn’t even
publicised his book on the SOF website.
bother to top up the grog supply which
is the first consideration in circumstances
In November 2020, I put Chris in touch
such as these.”
with fellow novelist, Ian Foster (K46-53),
who had just published his memoirs (See
He shared the news that his wife Rebecca
Spain below). Chris dropped him a note
had been a prize-winner for cross-stitch
to congratulate him. In the same month he
entry and he had purchased a signed
remarked that he’d had a call from Mike
copy of Richard Sayer’s book on David
Garnett (R53-55) and had watched the
Larter. In October 2021, Chris responded
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